Capex preview

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From Westpac comes a preview of tomorrow’s capex release:

The 2nd estimate for 2014/15 pointed to a decline in business capex, with a sharp downturn in mining only partially offset by a lift in services sector spending. These broad themes are likely to be restated. What policy makers will be looking for is some greater clarity around the likely magnitudes of these divergent trends.

It’s a craps shoot but for what it’s worth I expect a disappointing report with some pull back on non-mining capex after the last very good report and a further deterioration in mining.

Full report here.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.